wade in


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wade

verb
To walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty:
plod, slog, slop, toil, trudge.
phrasal verb
wade in or into
1. To move or thrust at, under, or into the midst of with sudden force:
dive, lunge, plunge.
2. To start work on vigorously:
attack, go at, sail in, tackle.
Idiom: hop to it.
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w>wade in

vi
(lit) → hineinwaten
(fig inf) (= join in a fight, controversy) → sich einmischen (inf); (= tackle problem etc) → sich voll reinstürzen or -werfen (inf), → sich hineinknien (inf); the new boss waded in with a few staff changes → der neue Chef hat sich gleich mächtig ins Zeug gelegt und ein paar Umbesetzungen vorgenommen (inf)
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